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<blockquote data-quote="Tod Dague" data-source="post: 88186" data-attributes="member: 61"><p>The shelled vs. cracked has been done to death. Dun has posted some very good articles about it. Do a search. It is about an 8% difference in TDN in the favor of cracked. If you can get cracked within 8% price deference or you are looking for maximum gains then go for it. Whole corn does not produce the dramatic swings in PH like cracked does. It is believed that most of the absorption of nutrients is in the intestine instead of the rumen/stomach which can be an advantage if you are supplementing cows on the range as there will not be the swing in microbes in the rumen. </p><p></p><p>Some people just can't believe that they are getting anything if they can see the shelled corn in the pats. </p><p></p><p>Dun also submitted an article about corn and small calves that stated that small calves performed better on cracked than shelled that was greater than the 8% difference. So cracked is preferred for small calves. I do not remember what wt. was classified as a small calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tod Dague, post: 88186, member: 61"] The shelled vs. cracked has been done to death. Dun has posted some very good articles about it. Do a search. It is about an 8% difference in TDN in the favor of cracked. If you can get cracked within 8% price deference or you are looking for maximum gains then go for it. Whole corn does not produce the dramatic swings in PH like cracked does. It is believed that most of the absorption of nutrients is in the intestine instead of the rumen/stomach which can be an advantage if you are supplementing cows on the range as there will not be the swing in microbes in the rumen. Some people just can’t believe that they are getting anything if they can see the shelled corn in the pats. Dun also submitted an article about corn and small calves that stated that small calves performed better on cracked than shelled that was greater than the 8% difference. So cracked is preferred for small calves. I do not remember what wt. was classified as a small calf. [/QUOTE]
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